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Keep on tweeting, Mr. President - we must get the truth out somehow | PennLive letters

Updated on October 10, 2017 at 3:18 PMPosted on October 10, 2017 at 3:17 PM

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington for a brief stop at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., on his way to Greensboro, N.C. on October 7, 2017. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)

Democrat Franklin Roosevelt was president from 1933 to 1945. While president, he used "fireside chats" to promote his agenda to the people in personal radio broadcast deliveries. Today, President Donald Trump uses tweets to get his message directly to the people.

When our country was created, our founders understood that our elected officials had to be held accountable to the people. That responsibility was assigned to the media of its day, mostly the written word.

Unfortunately, that "branch" of politics has deserted its obligation to report the news as truthfully as possible. Media has become an arm of the leftist agendas. True journalism is all but dead.

Case in point. New Jersey Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez is involved and charged with corruption, the magnitude of which has not been seen since the 1940s, according to one observer of the trial. The corruption involves hundreds of millions of dollars that come out of taxpayer pockets. Convicted, Menendez would be labeled a felon.

Have you seen anything in the media about the Menendez corruption? No. If he had been a Republican senator, the news would have preempted the NFL flap. Could it be that the media is helping the Democrat party to hold this bad news from the people until a possible Democrat governor replaces Republican Gov. Christie? That way, another Democrat could be appointed to replace Sen. Menendez if he's convicted.

Keep on tweeting, Mr. President. Please keep trying to drain the swamp. We have to get the truth out somehow.